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Purveyors of a northern soul, early sixties R&B and rockabilly fusion, The Hawkmen have named their new 45 EP, Hotrod N Soul, after that very musical concoction – a mixture so potent you could use it to fuel a dragster. And leading the field of tracks on this one is Bonnie & Clyde, a shuffling groove punctuated by chanking guitar with singer Scarlett reflecting on choosing an
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Monthly Archives: March 2020
THE HAWKMEN: Hotrod N Soul EP (Vinyl 7″)
J&B KINGS: Let’s Go-Go
If things are all too gloomy for you at the moment, you may welcome this slice of funky DC go-go from the J&B Kings – Let’s Go-Go. The ‘Kings consist of Jesse ‘Dubmatix’ King and Bill King and this instrumental track follows up their Louisiana Strut in stylistically harking back to the roots of the genre and Chuck Brown’s original go-go material whilst maintaining something of a hip-hop
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CUT BEETLEZ: Graveyard Gravitas
New heat arrives from Cut Beetlez in the form of Graveyard Gravitas. This time the Finnish duo have invoked the sounds of a delta blues lament as their backdrop. The cut opens with a soaring theatrical sample that for twenty seconds or so belies the sombreness of what follows – and what follows is sombre indeed. Enter a super-subby bass, a mournful piano and a melancholy female
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EL MICHELS AFFAIR feat. THE SHACKS: Enfant
Coming at ya with the seventies porn-flick soundtrack vibes once more before LP Adult Themes hits, it’s El Michels Affair with Enfant. Cue a gently loping funk beat, louche horns, a quietly twanging acoustic guitar and a flute solo (of course). And that’s all topped off with lashings of breathy female oohhs, aahs and da-da-daas throughout courtesy of Shannon Wise of The
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B SIDE RECORDS: Vinyl records store opens in Newbury!
If you thought the underground vinyl record store was dead, think again – in Newbury at least – where B Side Records has just opened. Twenty years ago this wouldn’t have been all that remarkable – vinyl for DJing was still going strong even if it was largely dead on its feet as a play-at-home medium. Suddenly though, as we clicked into the mid-noughties, record shops were toppling like
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KARATE BOOGALOO: Slappy
The second single to be released by Melbourne cinematic funkers Karate Boogaloo ahead of their Carn The Boogers long-player is this new one, Slappy. The track features a sparse arrangement, at least initially, with rhythmical organ stabs and guitar over bass pulses and a spare kick snare pattern with double-time hi-hats occasionally punctuated by busier interludes and sounding for
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UNIFAIRFLY: Rock To The Rhythm/ Keep The Breakin’ (Vinyl 7″)
If the first part of today’s two Renegades Of Jazz-related musical endeavours was too far out for you, surely, news of this Unifairfly Rock To The Rhythm 45 will float your boat. Unifairfly was, of course, an early nom-de-plume for ROJ’s David Hanke under which he made funky b-boy breaks and such is Rock To The Rhythm – complete with Clap Your Hands- drum sample – and old school
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VARIOUS: Motor Jazz: Them To Us
If you felt that it had been a while since there’d been anything out of the Renegades Of Jazz camp, your wait is over since compilation Motor Jazz: Them To Us has just been released. The collection has been assembled by ROJ’s very own Mr David Hanke and collates fourteen tracks by fourteen different artists including one by Renegades Of Jazz and another by Funki Porcini. Broadly
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JOHNNYPLUSE: The Break Out + Loud Places (Dub mix) free download
News of what’s next in the bomb-bay for Bulabeats comes mere weeks after the release of Zero The Desk’s The Secret Edits Vol. 1, as Johnnypluse announces forthcoming single The Break Out. While (on the one hand) this sees Mr Pluse return to his favoured sonic territory of bass-heavy breakbeat music, it also sees him escape from the pigeonhole by flavouring proceedings
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PECOE: All For The Beat EP
It’s all about the beats as BBP drop Oz-based breaks producer Pecoe’s fourth EP for the label entitled All For The Beat. Nine tracks deep, the release features no fewer than six Pecoe originals and three remixes courtesy of Gramophone Soul, Double Bubble and Beat-Breaker. The title-track is heavily drenched in saxophone (both tenor and bass) over clean, crisp drum breaks and it’s this
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